Kingery-Campbell Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20th century

Realty Map:          98.04-1-44                              Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Garden City                           Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            G-8                                          Elevation:                              1040 feet

UTM Easting:       594570                                    Aspect:                                  Southwest

UTM Northing:    4115530

 

Site Dimensions: 40 by 85 by 55 by 90 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a cemetery with at least 29 graves.  Observed graves included: three with inscribed cement markers; four with inscribed granite markers; four with metal markers mounted in cement blocks; six with metal markers; 10 with uninscribed fieldstone markers; and at least two unmarked graves visible as ground surface depressions.  All graves were oriented to the southeast.  Seven other unmarked graves were identified immediately next to markers; it is not known if these represent additional graves or if the markers had been moved from their original locations.  Also, five uninscribed fieldstone markers were observed outside of the cemetery fence.  These markers were apparently dislodged and discarded, but it is not known if these stones were replaced with other types of markers.  A fence constructed of wood posts and wire mesh encloses the cemetery.  A growth of briars and scrub brush covers the site, and historic plantings include two large oak trees, cedar stumps, and yucca. Previous site documentation described site as unenclosed, poorly maintained, and possibly disturbed by cattle.  Site conditions were improved during the recent past; however, a conclusive determination of the number of graves present in the site is difficult because a number of the grave markers appear to have been moved.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous site documentation.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence lines.

 

Survey Date:         3/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

Reference(s):         Roanoke Valley Historical Society

                                1986        Roanoke County Graveyards Through 1920.  Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.

 

Additional Comments:   Assigned temporal period was based on the range of death dates inscribed on headstones.  Observed dates ranged from 1907 through 1968.  However, the presence of uninscribed headstones and unmarked graves may reflect an earlier use of the site.  Site is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet or on local realty maps.

 

This cemetery was surveyed by the RVHS and recorded in their report as the “Kingery Cemetery”  (1986:  148-149).  The name of the cemetery has been expanded as the Kingery-Campbell cemetery to avoid confusion with other Kingery cemeteries in the local area.  The RVHS report provided biographical information transcribed from three headstones that predated 1921.  The following information was also transcribed from headstones and it represents a complete listing of information available during the 1998 survey.

Kingery-Campbell Cemetery (continued)

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Infant Simmons                                    Infant Simmons                                                    Ruby M.

Apr. 20, 1921                                         Feb. 11, 1925                                                         Simmons

Apr. 24, 1904

Apr. 22, 1940

 

Donna Marie Kingery                         Woody Kingery                                                   Jenny S. Kingery

----    -    1951                                         1903 - 1965                                                             1912 - 1948

(metal marker mounted                        (metal marker mounted                                        (metal marker mounted

in concrete block)                                in concrete block)                                                in concrete block)

 

Infant Kingery                                      Miss Tiney Kingery                                            illegible metal marker

----  - 1947                                              1894 - 1968                                                             beside uninscribed stone

(metal marker mounted                        (metal marker)                                                       block at head of grave,

in concrete block)                                                                                                                uninscribed fieldstone at

foot of grave)

 

Hugh Son of                                         ????????                                                                                Illegible metal marker

J H Simmons                                         1964                                                                        beside uninscribed

Born May                                              (broken metal marker)                                          fieldstone marker

18    1916

Died June 5

????

(cement)

 

Lottie Daug                                           Onyl Daughter                                                      Sarah J. Arthur

of DM Campbell                                   Of DM Campbell                                                  Born Aug. 16 1839

Born Feb 13 1910                  Born Aug 21                                                         Died Apr. 15 1921

Died Dec 7 1911                                    1903 Died JA                                                         Mother

At Rest                                                  N 21, 1907                                                              (cement)

(cement)                                                 At Rest

(cement)

 

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